Arnold v Arnold: 20 Apr 1837
[1837] EngR 636, (1836-37) 2 My and Cr 256, (1837) 40 ER 638 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 09 July 2021; Ref: scu.313753 br> The post Arnold v Arnold: 20 Apr 1837 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleChangizi v Changizi and Others: ChD 18 Jun 2021
Deputy Master Francis [2021] EWHC 1659 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 10 July 2021; Ref: scu.663390 br> The post Changizi v Changizi and Others: ChD 18 Jun 2021 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleCommissioner of Stamp Duties (Queensland) v Livingston: PC 7 Oct 1964
A testator had died domiciled in New South Wales and with real and personal property both in New South Wales and in Queensland. He left one-third of his real and personal estate to his widow...
View ArticleDunnage And His Wife, And Dunnage, The Younger v White, Letts, Perks Heir And...
[1818] EngR 260, (1818) 1 Swans 137, (1818) 36 ER 329 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 14 July 2021; Ref: scu.332260 br> The post Dunnage And His Wife, And Dunnage, The Younger v White, Letts,...
View ArticleIn Re Craven’s Estate: ChD 1937
Farwell J set out the conditions to be met to establish a claim of donatio mortis causa: ‘The conditions which are essential to a donatio mortis causa are, firstly, a clear intention to give, but to...
View ArticleHughes and Another (Edwardes’ Trustees) v Edwardes and Another: HL 25 Jul 1892
In an antenuptial marriage-contract the wife conveyed a sum of pounds 4000 to trustees. The deed provided that in the event of the marriage being dissolved by the predecease of the wife leaving...
View ArticleRichardson v Rusbridger: 10 Mar 1855
A stock legacy bequeathed to several in succession, was appropriated by the executors, and the residue paid over. In a suit between the remainder-man and the executors alone, the legacy was transferred...
View ArticlePublic Trustee v Cooper: 2001
The court looked at the circumstances required when a court was asked to approve a proposed exercise by trustees of a discretion vested in them. The second category of circumstances was (quoting Robert...
View ArticleDoe, On The Several Demises of S Wolfe, W Wetton And Juliana His Wife, J...
[1817] EngR 763, (1817) 1 B and A 137, (1817) 106 ER 51 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 01 August 2021; Ref: scu.333613 br> The post Doe, On The Several Demises of S Wolfe, W Wetton And Juliana...
View ArticleBoxley And Franch v Stubington: 28 Jul 1758
[1758] EngR 213, (1758) 2 Lee 537, (1758) 161 ER 431 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 05 August 2021; Ref: scu.342514 br> The post Boxley And Franch v Stubington: 28 Jul 1758 appeared first on...
View ArticleRevenue and Customs v Sanders: ChD 7 Jul 2021
Appeal from rejection of claim against estate by Revenue – interaction between revenue and insolvency law in relation to the approach that an office holder should adopt when testing a proof of debt....
View ArticleBarlow And Wife v Leeds: 2 Nov 1835
[1835] EngR 926, (1835) 4 Ad and E 66, (1835) 111 ER 712 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 09 August 2021; Ref: scu.316434 br> The post Barlow And Wife v Leeds: 2 Nov 1835 appeared first on...
View ArticlePescatore v Valentino and Others: ChD 15 Jul 2021
Application on behalf of the Claimant in this action, for an interim anti-suit injunction directed to the First and Second Defendants, who are currently claimants in proceedings in Italy against the...
View ArticleSmith v Smith and Others: ChD 8 Jul 2011
Mann J [2011] EWHC 2133 (Ch), [2011] Fam Law 1200, [2011] 3 FCR 614 Bailii Inhertiance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 England and Wales Updated: 09 August 2021; Ref: scu.443239 br>...
View ArticleDevlin’s Tustees v Breen: HL 25 Jan 1945
[1945] UKHL 1, 1945 SC (HL) 27, 1945 SN 10, 1945 SLT 216 Bailii Scotland Updated: 09 August 2021; Ref: scu.279704 br> The post Devlin’s Tustees v Breen: HL 25 Jan 1945 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleDesir and Another v Alcide: PC 21 May 2015
Saint Lucia [2015] UKPC 24 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 10 August 2021; Ref: scu.547033 br> The post Desir and Another v Alcide: PC 21 May 2015 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleIn The Estate of JS (Deceased) – The Official Solicitor As Controller Ad...
Consideration of whether, and if so, in what circumstances a right of residence, granted in a will can be terminated when the will has made no express provision for termination. [2018] NICh 20 Bailii...
View ArticleSleight v Callin: ChD 5 May 2021
HH Judge Klein [2021] EWHC 1050 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 12 August 2021; Ref: scu.666481 br> The post Sleight v Callin: ChD 5 May 2021 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleIn Re K (Deceased): CA 1986
The wife who had been subjected to years of abuse shot her violent husband dead in the course of an argument, when a loaded shotgun she had picked up and pointed at him as a threat to deter him from...
View ArticleStoeckert v Geddes (Appeal No 66 of 1998): PC 13 Dec 1999
PC Jamaica The claimant claimed against the estate of her former partner. Though not married they had lived together for many years, and she claimed there had been an express understanding that she...
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